Review of 'The Time-lapsed Man and Other Stories' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Despite being an avid reader of Interzone in the early/mid 90s, I must have forgotten about Eric Brown. This was an interesting collection of his early science fiction - definitely not hard-SF. I don't think I skipped any stories in this one.
There was something about the relationships that the telepaths in the Engineman stories here have that made me uncomfortable, but it was the early 90s. The telepaths are created medically at an early age and are needed to guide spacecraft (perhaps like Navigators in Dune, but much younger). I think this quote encapsulates it:-
"It’s no longer illegal, but oldsters like Mass have throwback morality."